Mapping the nation: history and cartography in nineteenth-century America

Part one: Mapping the past. The graphic foundations of American history

Capturing the past through maps

Part two: Mapping the present. Disease, expansion, and the rise of environmental mapping

Slavery and the origin of statistical cartography

The cartographic consolidation of America.

Introduction

PART ONE. MAPPING THE PAST

The graphic foundations of American history

Capturing the past through maps

PART TWO. MAPPING THE PRESENT

Disease, expansion, and the rise of environmental mapping

Slavery and the origin of statistical cartography

The cartographic consolidation of America

Conclusion.